Convertible nursery seat



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- CONVERTIBLE NURSERY SEAT J o hn DlFrazee, Glastonbury, and WilliamRussell, Talcottviile, Conn.

-ApplicationSeptember 1, 194.8, Serial'No. 47,176

This invention relates vertible nursery chairs. The principal-purpose ofthe, invention is to provide a portable, rugged and attractive nurserychair which is easy and economical to manufacture; which may be appliedto. the conventional bathroom seat for use by =infants,-or attached tothe back of the front seat of a-motor vehicleas an infants car seat; andwhichacomprises a removable and foldable seat member adapted to beeasily carried about and used separatelyas an infants toilet seat inpublic rest rooms or elsewhere.

A more specific-object. of this invention istO provide aconvertiblenursery chair having a seat frame adapted removablyto receive aseparabletoilet seatwhich, after removal, is foldable upon itself to.relativelysmall compass so that it may be conveniently carried in a bagor small package.

Another particular object is to equip the nursery chair with a foldableback member hinged to the seat frame and adapted to be latched in foldedupright position to serve as a back restf-or to be extended and swungdownwardly onto the toilet seat to serve as a cushioned, unaperturedseat membere when :the .chair is used'as a car seat. U 1 Other novelfeatures and advantages of the improved nursery chair will becomeapparent from the following description of the recommended embodiment ofthe invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will bepointed out the appended claims. It will be understood, however, thatthe structural details of the chair herein illustrated and described maybe varied without departing from the essence of the invention as definedin the claims. In the drawings,

Fig. l. is a plan view of the assembled nursery chair, as arranged foruse on a conventional bathroom seat, a foot rest of the chair beingbroken away;

Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1, with a portion of the foot rest brokenaway;

Fig. 3 is a side view looking to the right of Fig. 1;

4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the chair converted foruse as a car seat, and provided with a removable support adapted to hookover the permanent front seat of the vehicle;

,to improvements in 0011-.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detached,

foldable toilet seat; and

In the particular form chosen for the purpose 'dCilaims. (01. 131) ofillustration, ,the convertible nursery chair comprises essentially aseat frame having parallel wooden side members H, .a frontcross piece l2consisting of a flat metal bar attached to the under side of saidmembers, and a back cross piece it consisting of am'etal angle barfastened to and beneath the rear ends of the side members; a foldable,combination back and seat rest M (Fig. 1), consisting of thepart l5.pivotally connected to the rear margins. of the sides II, as by hingesl6, and the extension part l-l pivotally connected to the outer edge ofpart It, as by hinges 8; a removable toilet seat l9 (Fig. 5), consistingof similar side members 25 and 2|, pivotally connected at their abuttingrear 'portions,-as by a hinge 22, and normally resting on the bars [2and 13 between the sides H.

Metal, armbrackets 23 of inverted U-shape are suitably attached to saidsides I I, and support Wooden arm. rests 2 iwhich carry a cross belt orstrap 25. Metal side brackets 26 are adjustablymounted on the outeredges of the frame sides! 8, and support at their free forward endsa-footrest '21. Y For useas a juvenile'bathroom chain'the seat frame ispreferably equipped with depending attachments which serve to hold thechair rigidly in place on a conventional adult bathroom toilet seat (notshown). A pair of. rubber-covered front lugs or clips 28 are fixedlyattached to the front bar 52, and a rubber-covered hook member 29 isslidably attached to the rear bar l3, as by a loop-like bracket til. Thefront clips and rear hook are preferably flexible and may be bent, ifnecessary, to fit the adult seat, In this usage, the parts l5 and l! ofthe back rest M are folded together in upright position, as shown inFigs. 1 to 3, and held in such position by swinging latch members Mwhich have hook portions engaging on bolts 32 passing through the rearlegs of the arm brackets 23, and removably secured by Wing nuts 33.Loosening of the wing nuts frees the latches, which are pivoted to theback part l5, and permits the back rest to be extended forwardly, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and to rest flatwise on the toiletseat 20, 2! to provide a cushioned seat, the hinged parts of the backrest being suitably upholstered. Other forms of latching members may beemployed, if desired.

The outer side edges 34 of the removable toilet seat are preferablybeveled or inclined downwardly and outwardly, and the inner edges of theframe sides H are correspondingly beveled or inclined, so that theabutting edges interlock to hold the flattened seat in position. Thetoilet seat 19 is easily removed from the chair seat frame by slidingthe seat I9 forwardly a few inches to clear the overhanging back rest,and then folding the parts an and 2! on the hinge 22 to disconnect theinterlocked edges at 34. F'he hinged halves of the detached toilet seatmay then be. folded. against. each other, so that the folded seat may becarried in a hand bag or the like while traveling, for use on an adulttoilet seat in a public rest room, or elsewhere, as aforesaid.

For use as a car seat, the back rest or cushion parts 15 and I! areunlatched from the arm brackets and swung forwardly to extendedposition, over the toilet seat l9, or onto the side frames I I, if theseat has been removed, as shownv in Fig. 4. A carrier or supportingframe consisting of a pair of metal bars 40 havingrubbercovered,hookshaped upper ends 42, and connected by a cross bar 43 at their lowerends, is adapted to be applied to the back of the front seat of a motorvehicle, in an obviousmanner. The bars 40 have a series of correspondingkeyhole slots 44' spaced vertically of the supporting frame, andcomplemental pairs of such slots are adapted to receive the blots 32carried by the arm brackets 23, as previously explained. The car seatmay thus be removably and adjustably connected to the supporting bars 4%by passing the bolts through appropriate slots 44 and through theapertures of the brackets 23, and then applying and tightening the wingnuts 33 (Fig. 4).

We claim:

1. A convertible nursery chair comprising a seat frame having parallelside members and front and rear cross members attached under said sidemembers, a toilet seat detachably applied. to said frame between saidside members and on said cross members, the toilet seat having pivotallyinterconnected side parts whereby the detached seat may be folded uponitself, and the side members and seat parts having slidably interfittingedges whereby the seat may be slid forwardly of said frame.

,2. A convertible nursery chair comprising a seat frame having parallelside members and front and rear cross members attached under said sidemembers, a toilet seat detachably applied to said frame between saidside members and on said cross members, the toilet seat having pivotallyinterconnected side parts whereby the detached seat may be folded uponitself, and the side members and seat parts having slidably interfittingedges whereby the seat may be slid forwardly of said. frame, and. a backrest having a pair of pivotally connected parts, one of said parts beinghinged to the back of said frame, whereby the back rest may be folded toupright position or extended forwardly to rest on said side members andserve as a seat rest.

3. A convertible nursery chair comprising a seat frame, a toilet seatremovably applied to said frame, a back rest having pivotallyinterconnected parts foldable upon each other, and a hinge pivotallyconnecting one of said parts to the back of said frame, whereby the backrest may be folded upon itself and swung to upright position or,alternatively extended forwardly to rest on said frame and serve as aseat.

4. A convertible nursery chair comprising a seat frame, arm bracketsfastened to the sides of said frame, a toilet seat removaby applied tosaid frame, a. back rest having pivotally interconnected parts foldableupon each other, and a hinge pivotally connecting one of said parts tothe back of said frame, whereby the back rest may be folded upon itselfand swung to upright position or alternatively extended forwardly torest on said frame and serve as'a seat, one of said back rest partshaving a latch engageable with one of said arm brackets, and. means fordetachablysecuring the latch to said bracket.

JOHN D. FRAZEE. WILLIAM H. RUSSELL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in. the file ofthis patent:

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